FILE – In this March, 1956, file photo, New York Yankees infielder William “Moose” Skowron is shown during spring training baseball in St. Petersburg, Fla. Skowron, a four-time All-Star first baseman who helped the Yankees win four World Series titles in the 1950s and 1960s, died Friday, April 27, 2012, at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81.

NEW YORK —Moose Skowron, a five-time World Series champion and one of only two players to hit three home runs in Game 7s, died Friday of congestive heart failure at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81.

Skowron helped the New York Yankees win four titles in the 1950s and 1960s.

“There weren’t many better guys than Moose,” said former teammate Yogi Berra, the only other player with three Game 7 homers in the Series. “He was a dear friend and a great team man. A darn good ballplayer too.”

Skowron became a star first baseman with the Yankees and went on to appear in eight All-Star Games over six seasons.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig called him “an integral part of the wonderful Yankee teams of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.”

“He was a wonderful storyteller and an important link to a great era in baseball history,” Selig said.

After Skowron’s playing career he returned to Chicago, where he was born, and worked for the White Sox since 1999 in the team’s community relations department, making appearances.

Skowron played for the Yankees from 1954-62, then won a fifth title with Los Angeles in the first season after he was dealt to the Dodgers. He hit .282 in 14 major-league seasons with 211 home runs and 888 RBIs.

He was beloved by Yankees fans for his clutch performances in three World Series Game 7s. Skowron had a .293 World Series average with eight homers and 29 RBIs in 39 games.

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